Since the age of industrialization, in particular, married women‘s participation in economic activity has strikingly increased. Married women tend to resign from their job for childbirth and then to get a job again after finishing the early stage of...
Since the age of industrialization, in particular, married women‘s participation in economic activity has strikingly increased. Married women tend to resign from their job for childbirth and then to get a job again after finishing the early stage of baby care. It is necessary, therefore, to identify factors that have an effect on employment continuance and re-employment of married women.
This study constructed a research model that took account of all of variables related to individual, children, family and occupation which have an effect on employment continuance and re-employment of married saleswomen. Based on the model, the study attempted to identify the employment situation of married saleswomen and to analyze factors that have an effect on employment continuance and re-employment of the women.
This study was conducted with married saleswomen who were engaged in the business of distribution and insurance in Daegu. Data collected on both employment continuance and re-employment, respectively, on the basis of married saleswomen’s first childbirth, were analyzed by SPSS/PC+ program to find frequency, percentage, average and standard deviation. The x’-test, t-test and discriminant analysis were also carried out.
The results of the study are summarized as follows.
First, it was found that the employment-continuing group had lower age, smaller children, more accessibility to childcare facilities, more use of childcare facilities, more money available for childcare, lower burden on childcare expenses, more housework support, more average monthly income of family members, higher satisfaction with finances and job, longer office hours, more frequent use of available welfare systems, and more necessity for welfare systems than the re-employment group.
Second, the discriminant variables of employment continuance and re-employment were investigated. It was shown that the probability of employment continuance was higher for the married women who are younger in age and has higher satisfaction with finances, who has the small number of children, the first child of relatively lower age and lower burden on childcare expenses, who has lower support from family members but more housework support, or who had more use of welfare systems and facilities.